2004 Halo: The Construction of Evil

I started exploring game making as early as 6th grade.  By the summer of 2004, I spent 2 weeks trying to build a fully functional game all by myself.  The result, a 2D side-scroller game I called Halo: The Construction of Evil.

The games itself was based on a single sprite sheet I found online that caught my attention.  (I am very particular about finding the right sprites for games.)  I made the game in GameMaker 6.1 which was the best and currently is still the best multi-platform game design and creation software out there.  It is very simple to use and eases you into programming using a very intuitive scripting language.
Some features of the game:

• Multiplayer on single computer (different halves of the keyboard used)
• Health and shield bars with regeneration just like in the real 3D games
• Multiple weapon types including a unique approach to sniper rifle shooting while in 2D
  • Sticky grenades which drop to the ground as soon as they hit an enemy (about as close as I got to actually stick at the time.)
• A few different vehicles featuring a 2-player warthog
• Many of the main enemy types with basic AI including:
  
  • following players and stopping when they get to far away,
  • accuracy variables where not every bullet actually counts as a hit on the player,
  • jumping swarm enemies that only hurt players when in air and can be quickly passed otherwise.

The default setup makes the game very difficult but it is still possible to make it to the end.  Just pretend it is the last level of the real Halo game where there are way too many enemies for you to bother taking on all of them.

Controls:

1. Player 1: Arrows - move Keypad 1 - Open Door Keypad 4 - Change Grenade Type Keypad 2 - Throw Grenade (Hold for greater Distance Keypad 0 - Shoot Keypad 5 - Change Weapon (For Sniper Rifle, Hold 0 and use mouse to aim and shoot) Keypad 3 - Hold to enter vehicle, hold near back of warthog to use gun and fire with keypad 0, both players can be in warthog at same time)
2. Player 2: W,A,S,D - move G - Open Door T - Change Grenade Type N - Throw Grenade (Hold for greater Distance V - Shoot F - Change Weapon (For Sniper Rifle, Hold V and use W,A,S,D to aim and C to shoot) B - Hold to enter vehicle, hold near back of warthog to use gun and fire with V both players can be in warthog at same time)

There is a ".exe" inside the attached zip file.  No installation required.  Just unzip and double click file to play.  Enjoy!

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